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In This Issue (11/2) 

“There is no community like this music community. I know, I’ve checked.”

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john11226.jpg Whole Kid And Caboodle: Broken Bow's John Morgan celebrates No. 1 "Kid Myself." Pictured (l-r) are the label's Jennifer Shaffer, Lexi Willson and Atlus, WUBE/Cincinnati's Grover Collins, Morgan and the label's Dawn Ferris, JoJamie Hahr and Scotty O'Brien.
Dan-Shay11226.jpg Danver And Shay: Warner Records Nashville's Dan + Shay play Denver's Ball Arena. Pictured (back, l-r) KYGO's Big Mic and Brian Michel, the label's Paige Elliott, the duo's Shay Mooney, iHeart/Rockies' JoJo Turnbeaugh and the label's Kayla Burnett; (front, l-r) the duo's Dan Smyers, KYGO's Shawn Patrick and KUBL/Salt Lake City's John E Kage.
zachtop11226.jpg Good Times & Finish Lines: Leo33's Zach Top with his label team at the final stop of his Cold Beer & Country Music Tour at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Pictured (l-r) are Natalie Osborne, Shane Tarleton, Tracy Gibson, Dusty Cantrell, Chris Fabiani, Top, Meg Goggins, Daniel Lee, Katie Dean and Ana Shabeer; (inset) Top with Country Countdown USA/Country Aircheck's Lon Helton.
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Bird's Eye View: The fifth annual Bob Kingsley Presents @ The Bluebird Cafe celebrates country music’s top 40 country songwriters. Pictured (l-r) are the estate's Shannon Lynn, Melanie Howard, Rhett Akins, Craig Wiseman, Ben Hayslip, Nan Kingsley, Bill Anderson, Martha Moore, Ashley Gorley, Lisa Sutton, Dallas Davidson, Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman, Luke Laird, Record Research's Vinnie Freda and Results Global's John Zarling.

Tenille-Arts11226.jpg Signage: Singer/songwriter Tenille Arts (r) signs with Muse Creative Management's Casadie Pederson.
hardy103026.jpg The Mockingbird And The Clone: Big Loud's Hardy (c) with Music Choice's Jim Murphy and ... Music Choice's Jim Murphy (the label's Nikki Wood) at his Halloween show in Nashville.
Brothers-Osborne103026.jpg Little Pawn Shop Of Horrors: Brothers Osborne's John (l) and TJ Osborne (r) with SiriusXM The Highway's Cody Alan.
Red-Street-Records103026.jpg REDRUM Street: The Red Street team (Alex Valentine, Patrick Waters, Dottie Chamberlain, Jay DeMarcus, Sally Allgeier, Olivia Vardy, Cambria Sojka, Jason McArthur, Mike Craft, Tyrus Baynham, Lily Huseby and Chuck Butler, l-r) celebrate Halloween.
KKBQ103026.jpg All My Hexes Live In Texas: Broken Bow's Frank Ray (in hat) plays "Third Row George Strait" for KKBQ/Houston's Travis Moon and Lauren "Lo" Sessions-Barker and the label's Dawn Ferris (l-r).

Top Stories

Layoffs Hit Warner Records Nashville
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Several employees have been affected by a staff reduction at Warner Records Nashville today (11/3), including EVP/Marketing Victoria "Torie" Mason, SVP/Publicity Fount Lynch, VP/Radio Anna Cage, WAR Mgr./West Coast Jenna Johnson and WRN Mgr./West Coast Kayla Burnett.

Mason joined Warner in 2011, rising from VP to SVP/Strategic Marketing in 2021, and to her most recent role in March (CAT 3/25). Lynch joined Warner in 2022 from Red Light (CAT 6/7/22). Cage has been with the label since 2014, rising to her most recent role in 2022 (Breaking News 2/15/22). Johnson joined in 2019 from Cold River, and Burnett has been with Warner for six years. Reach Mason here, Lynch here, Cage here, Johnson here and Burnett here.

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Triple Tigers' Braun To President; Ortmeier Departs
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Triple Tigers Co-President Raffaella Braun has been named President as Co-President Annie Ortmeier has stepped down. Braun was promoted to her most recent role in July; Ortmeier joined the label as Co-President with Kevin Herring three years ago (Breaking News 9/13/2023). Herring remains in an advisory role since stepping back this summer. In a social post, Ortmeier noted "immense gratitude and bittersweet sadness" in making the decision. "I am forever a Tiger and will always be cheering [the label team] on. Roar!"

Nov 2, 2026 Share
BMG Layoffs Impact Nashville
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BMG Layoffs: Realignment from the BMG/Concord merger has impacted several in Nashville, including BMG Publishing VP/Creative Chris Oglesby, Dir./Creative Services Patricia Wittmer, Mgr./A&R Catalog Faith Beller and Mgr./Creative Layne Faltinsky. Oglesby has 23 years with the company in two stints, Wittmer has 24 years of tenure, Beller eight and Faltinsky joined in 2024. The layoffs follow last month's changes to the BMG/BBR Music Group promotion team structure (Breaking News 9/17). Reach Oglesby here, Wittmer here, Beller here and Faltinsky here.

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The Fall 2026 Print Special featuring: 

Country Aircheck Turns 20!

Power 31: Then & Now

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Inside This Issue: 

MC-Yay At Ryman Lunch
Disruption Junction
You Look Like You Love Me
The Day Ahead

 

 

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